tobar

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish topar, from Old Irish topur.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

tobar m (genitive singular tobair, nominative plural toibreacha)

  1. well
  2. spring

Declension
Declension of tobar

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative tobar toibreacha
Vocative a thobair a thoibreacha
Genitive tobair toibreacha
Dative tobar toibreacha

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an tobar na toibreacha
Genitive an tobair na dtoibreacha
Dative leis an tobar

don tobar

 leis na toibreacha
  • Obsolete nominative plural: tobair
  • tiobra

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
tobar thobar dtobar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “topar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 90

Further reading
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “tobar”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 738
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tobar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • Entries containing “tobar” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “tobar” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish topur.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈt̪ʰopəɾ/

Noun

tobar m or f (genitive singular tobair, plural tobrachan)

  1. A cistern, a fountain
  2. A well, a spring
  3. A source, origin

Derived terms
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